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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Alice in her party dress

Coming up at the Hill Station SE14 next week:

ALICE by Jan Svankmajer

'You've seen the Tim Burton version and probably many others, but this is by far the best version of Alice in Wonderland ever filmed. Created by Czech animator Jan Svankmajer in 1988, this what he says about his beautifully animated film:

"While a fairy tale has got an educational aspect – it works with the moral of the lifted forefinger (good overcomes evil), dream, as an expression of our unconscious, uncompromisingly pursues the realisation of our most secret wishes without considering rational and moral inhibitions, because it is driven by the principle of pleasure. My Alice is a realised dream."

Proper hot dogs (veggie ones as well), popcorn and a bar. What more could you want. 8pm THURSDAY 23RD AUGUST Admission free. No children please.

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